Syntrophobacter
Classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Deltaproteobacteria
Order: Syntrophobacterales
Family: Syntrophobacteraceae
Genus: Syntrophobacter
Species: S. fumaroxidans; S. pfennigii; S. sulfatireducens; S. wolinii
Description
The first species named species of Syntrophobacter (S. wolinii) was discovered in 1980 by Boone and Bryant (1). Since then, three other species of Syntrophobacter have been described. All members of this genus anaerobically degrade propionate to acetate in the presence of methanogens. While it was initially thought that Syntrophobacter requires coculture of at least one methanogen, at least one species (S. pfennigii) has been grown in pure culture (2).
Ecology and Significance
Genome Structure
Metabolism
References
1. Boone DR, Bryant MP. Propionate-Degrading Bacterium, Syntrophobacter wolinii sp. nov. gen. nov., from Methanogenic Ecosystems. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1980;40(3):626-632.
2. Wallrabenstein C., Hauschild E., schink B.. Syntrophobacter pfennigii sp. nov., new syntrophically propionate-oxidizing anaerobe growing in pure culture with propionate and sulfate. Archives of Microbiology. 1995;164(5):346-352.
3. Plugge, C., Henstra, A., Worm, P., Swarts, D., Paultisch-Fuchs, A., Scholten, J., Lykidis, A., Lapidus, A., Goltsman, E., Kim, E., Mcdonald, E., Rohlin, L., Crable, B., Gunsalus, R., Stams, A., Mcinerney, M.. Complete genome sequence of Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans strain (MPOBT). Standards in Genomic Sciences, North America, 7, oct. 2012
4. Wallrabenstein, C., Hauschild, E. and Schink, B. (1994), Pure culture and cytological properties of Syntriphobacter wolini. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 123: 249–254
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Author
Page authored by Troy Mellen, student of Prof. Katherine Mcmahon at University of Wisconsin - Madison.